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Commit d0372187 authored by Taras Lazariv's avatar Taras Lazariv
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Merge branch 'issue-238' into 'preview'

Add information about limitations on login nodes

Closes #238

See merge request !470
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......@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ users and the ZIH.
- Direct access to these nodes is granted via IP whitelisting (contact
hpcsupport@zih.tu-dresden.de) - otherwise use TU Dresden VPN.
!!! warning "Run time limit"
Any process on login nodes is stopped after 5 minutes.
## AMD Rome CPUs + NVIDIA A100
- 32 nodes, each with
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......@@ -8,10 +8,21 @@ smaller jobs. Thus, restrictions w.r.t. [memory](#memory-limits) and
## Runtime Limits
!!! warning "Runtime limits on login nodes"
There is a time limit set for processes on login nodes. If you run applications outside of a
compute job, it will be stopped automatically after 5 minutes with
```
CPU time limit exceeded
```
Please start a job using the [batch system](slurm.md).
!!! note "Runtime limits are enforced."
This means, a job will be canceled as soon as it exceeds its requested limit. Currently, the
maximum run time is 7 days.
A job is canceled as soon as it exceeds its requested limit. Currently, the maximum run time is
7 days.
Shorter jobs come with multiple advantages:
......@@ -43,8 +54,7 @@ not capable of checkpoint/restart can be adapted. Please refer to the section
!!! note "Memory limits are enforced."
This means that jobs which exceed their per-node memory limit will be killed automatically by
the batch system.
Jobs which exceed their per-node memory limit are killed automatically by the batch system.
Memory requirements for your job can be specified via the `sbatch/srun` parameters:
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